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UN Sustainable Development Agenda 21

"Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments, and Major Groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment."

An Agenda 21 Report for Santa Cruz County

"To date, more than 150 groups, organizations, businesses, agencies, and hundreds of individuals have collaborated on this document... The Board of Supervisors endorsed the Agenda 21 proposal... Yet this is only a beginning!"

Santa Cruz City Council unanimously endorses UN Sustainable Development Agenda 21

Item 25 B: Councilmember Rotkin moved, seconded by Councilmember Scott, to endorse the Santa Cruz County: Local Agenda 21 report, "A Sustainable Community Action Plan: Our agenda for the 21st Century"... The motion carried unanimously (Councilmember Hernandez absent).

The Making of Local Agenda 21: An interview with Jeb Brugmann

A father of Agenda 21 proudly discusses how Agenda 21 was developed and is being used to implement global U.N. policies on local communities

Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development

"We, the representatives of the peoples of the world reaffirm our commitment to sustainable development."

Natural Resource Aspects of Sustainable Development in the United States of America

The United Nations profile and strategic plans for USA Social, Economic, Natural Resources, and Institutions.

Rio Declaration On Environment And Development

"Working towards international agreements which respect the interests of all and protect the integrity of the global environmental and developmental system"

Earth Summit 2002

Thirty years of historical background on sustainable development, with the plans for the next 30 years.

Green Cross International

"Founded by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1993, building on the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and Agenda 21. Green Cross concentrates its efforts to promote a significant change in human values." Web site provides information, news and resources.

Related categories this web site promotes are as follows: "Society Politics Socialism Marxism Communism People Gorbachev,_Mikhail, Society Issues Environment Organizations"

The International council for local environmental initiatives, US Headquarters, Berkely, CA

This web site lists tools and resources and examples for generating local Agenda 21 programs, and lauds "Local Agenda 21: Santa Cruz" for closely following the United Nations program. Descriptions of 17 existing local Agenda 21 programs active throughout the USA, including: San Francisco, and San Jose.

Johannesburg Summit on Sustainable Development

UN web site showing worldwide progress toward implementing agenda 21, and the plans for your future.

Agenda21Now!

Internet Conference and web site that promotes Agenda21 activities to students.

Sustainable Development Communications Network

The Sustainable Development Communications Network (SDCN) is a group of social organizations working to accelerate the implementation of sustainable development.

Sustainable Development Gateway

The SD Gateway integrates the on-line information developed by members of the Sustainable Development Communications Network.

Rio Documents

Links to the five Rio Documents:

* Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
* Agenda 21
* Statement of principles to guide the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests
* United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change
* Convention on Biological Diversity

Convention on Biological Diversity

The Convention establishes three main goals: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits from the use of genetic resources.